Biden endorsed a federal fund to assist women seeking abortions in an Oct. 18 interview with NowThis News that will be available Oct. 23 on social media, Axios reported.
In an interview with a panel of young adults, the president was asked if he would follow the example of companies that have begun paying for their employees’ expenses to travel to other states for abortions by supporting federal funding in such cases.
“The answer is absolutely … I do support that, and I’ve publicly urged companies to do that,” Biden said, according to Axios.
NowThis – a progressive, video-based news organization – has more than 80 million followers on social media, Axios reported.
Since Roe was overturned, Biden has ordered and overseen a series of policy actions seeking to offset the high court ruling. He announced the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe that his administration would protect interstate travel for abortions and access to drugs that end the lives of preborn children. He has promoted passage of a bill – the Women’s Health Protection Act – that would prohibit federal and state regulations of the procedure that were permitted by the Supreme Court under Roe.
Various federal departments in Biden’s administration have taken steps to promote access to abortion. These have included an interim final rule issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs in September that explicitly lifts a 30-year-old restriction by permitting the V.A. to provide abortions under some conditions.
Messengers to this year’s Southern Baptist Convention in June passed a pro-life resolution – something they have done more than 20 times since 1980 – before the Supreme Court’s decision that urged the justices to overrule Roe and the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey opinion that affirmed it. In addition to encouraging increased pro-life ministry, the resolution also called for state legislatures to approve laws “that uphold the dignity and value of every human life, including both vulnerable women and children.”
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